Manager, Direct Procurement

Agility Robotics

Manager of procurement activities leading a team of Buyers in hardware manufacturing. Collaborating with cross-functional teams ensuring material readiness for production schedules.

Posted 6/26/2026full-timeSalem • Oregon • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $110,000 - $143,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPOracle

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead, mentor, and develop a team of Buyers responsible for procurement execution across direct material commodities.
Drive operational excellence across purchase order execution, supplier communications, material availability, and procurement processes.
Establish clear priorities, workload balancing, and accountability across the Buyer organization.
Ensure timely and accurate purchase order creation, revisions, confirmations, and supplier follow-up activities.
Monitor supplier delivery performance and proactively drive recovery plans for shortages, late deliveries, and supply disruptions.
Partner closely with Global Supply Managers (GSMs) to ensure sourcing strategies are successfully executed through procurement.
Work cross-functionally with Planning, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and Supply Chain Program Management to ensure material readiness for engineering builds and production.
Lead daily and weekly procurement execution reviews, ensuring timely resolution of supplier issues and procurement bottlenecks.
Drive procurement process standardization and continuous improvement across purchasing workflows.
Partner with Procurement Operations to improve enterprise resource planning (ERP) and material requirements planning (MRP) data integrity, procurement reporting, and operational efficiency.
Ensure procurement master data including pricing, lead times, supplier records, and purchasing parameters remain accurate and well governed.
Support new product introduction (NPI) by ensuring procurement readiness for prototype, validation, and production builds.
Develop and monitor procurement key performance indicators (KPIs) including supplier delivery performance, purchase order cycle time, shortage resolution, procurement responsiveness, and buyer productivity.
Serve as the primary escalation point for procurement execution issues and supplier delivery challenges.
Collaborate with Finance to support invoice resolution, procurement reporting, and operational planning.
Foster a culture of ownership, urgency, accountability, and continuous improvement across the procurement team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or practical equivalent experience.
8+ years of progressive experience in procurement, purchasing, or supply chain within hardware, robotics, automotive, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing environments.
3+ years of experience leading or mentoring procurement or purchasing teams.
Strong understanding of direct material procurement including mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical commodities.
Experience supporting new product introduction (NPI), prototype builds, engineering validation, and production ramp activities.
Strong understanding of procurement execution, supplier delivery management, material planning, inventory control principles, and ERP/MRP workflows.
Experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) and material requirements planning (MRP) systems (Windchill, MISys, NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, etc.).
Demonstrated ability to improve procurement processes, establish operational metrics, and drive execution excellence.
Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
Experience developing high-performing procurement teams through coaching, mentorship, and performance management.
Ability to build strong cross-functional relationships while driving accountability, operational discipline, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
Equity: Company stock options.
Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Time Off:
Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

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Hard Skills & Tools

procurementpurchasingmaterial planninginventory controlsupplier delivery managementdirect material procurementnew product introductionoperational metricsprocurement process improvementengineering validation

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationstakeholder managementproblem-solvingmentorshipteam developmentcross-functional collaborationaccountabilityoperational disciplinecontinuous improvement

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain ManagementBachelor's degree in BusinessBachelor's degree in Engineering